It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us. —Bill Clinton

Well since there is so little awareness in society in regards to hearing damage/tinnitus, as compared to teaching kids about drugs, sex, etc; there's probably just as much little research done to cure it.

So many people I have talked to have no idea what tinnitus is and have never experienced it.

So many people I have talked to have no idea what tinnitus is and have never experienced it.

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That's so true. I have two brothers that I mentioned to them I have tinnitus and they said they have never heard of it. Also, they have no remorse for me having this condition.Having support from others (loved ones,friends etc) really helps I think. Having no support does not help. Sorry for babbling

Anybody notice when looking at certain illness/disease etc that is listed on the internet, has tinnitus that is listed as a symptom of that injury,illness etc. Such as head/neck injury,atlas bone problems,b12 deficiency,magnesium defeciency and the list goes on and on.

Makes me go crazy trying to figure out what the cause is. Of course trying to get a certain test done by the doctor is difficult enough. My doc says , no you dont need that test done and so on.But the doc will have no dam problem writing a prescription for any drug .....$$$$$

The thing is tinnitus is directly linked to the brain, and the brain is so so complex. That's why we can today to a higher dregree cure most cancers (to a certain degree) but cant cure a "simple" thing as tinnitus.

It is not a symptom when docs wake up its a cause and effect the cause is you get it effect is what it does to your total body mental and physical then maybe we'll get something done for T. Mine came out of the blue I was healthy before and all test after as well not a symptom in my book docs make it worse by making you keeping looking for a symptom as if I can find the answer, I relate mine to dental but docs all said no.

I read a newspaper article once that mentioned: 19 out of 20 medical conditions cannot be cured. Tinnitus happens to be one of them. This helped me to look at life and tinnitus more positively. If one is able to do this life will become a lot easier.

They are, in a way. But how is that slowing down (or stopping) research and finding a cure?

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Sorry, I didn't get your notification for some reason. Anyways for two main reasons:

1) people who pay for TRT would rather not spend much more money on tinnitus. This is speculation but considering part of "habituation" that they sell is to try to get over it, and people after that would prefer not to get involved and wait for a cure when the time comes.

2) the main one, tinnitus is the biggest complaint vets have medically. The US military mostly pay for TRT for them instead of giving that money to research. Good for the short run but in the long run it's putting a bandage on the bigger problem.

1) people who pay for TRT would rather not spend much more money on tinnitus. This is speculation but considering part of "habituation" that they sell is to try to get over it, and people after that would prefer not to get involved and wait for a cure when the time comes.

2) the main one, tinnitus is the biggest complaint vets have medically. The US military mostly pay for TRT for them instead of giving that money to research. Good for the short run but in the long run it's putting a bandage on the bigger problem.

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1. This may be an unintended side-effect, but I don't think it would slow down research in any significant way. First off, if those who have habituated are no longer interested in a cure, then that's a good thing! It means they can continue their lives like normal. And I would speculate that they would still be interested in a cure, when one arrives. It's still better to have two legs instead of getting by with a prosthetic leg.
Furthermore, the group of those who have habituated using TRT is small in compared to all tinnitus sufferers and hearing loss sufferers. The latter is important because hearing loss research and tinnitus research often go hand-in-hand.

2. I'm not so sure if the US is spending "mostly for TRT instead of research". Could you provide a reference?
I'm sure we'll agree that the US military has to strike a balance somewhere between the short term and long term. We'll probably also agree that the US definitely has an interest in developing a cure.
While being big contributor, the US is by far not the only player in medical research. There are governments, companies and (private) research labs all over the world who will push for a cure regardless of what the US government does.